Women's work : a personal reckoning with labour, motherhood, and privilege
Stack, Megan K.2019
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After her first book was published to acclaim, journalist Megan K. Stack got pregnant and quit her job to write. She pictured herself pen in hand while the baby napped, but instead found herself traumatised by a difficult birth and shell-shocked by the start of motherhood. Living abroad provided her with access to affordable domestic labour, and, sure enough, hiring a nanny gave her back the ability to work. At first, Megan thought she had little in common with the women she hired. They were important to her because they made her free. She wanted them to be happy, but she didn't want to know the details of their lives. That didn't work for long. When Pooja, an Indian nanny who had been absorbed into the family, disappeared one night with no explanation, Megan was forced to confront the truth: these women were not replaceable, and her life had become inextricably intertwined with theirs.
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Author:
Stack, Megan K., author
Imprint:
London : Scribe UK, 2019.
Collation:
352 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781912854066 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.42
Language:
English
BRN:
276753
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